Hello my wonderful readers! I posted up some Free!xKagome fanart!

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Thought I'd share~~~ I'll post up some more stories soon!

Kagome squirmed in her seat uncomfortably. The intense burning on the side of her face continued, unrelenting even as the teacher glanced across the classroom as she lectured on.

'This is getting ridiculous...' the Priestess grumbled, scribbling down a note into her rather bare notebook, 'It's not like I slept in the same bed as Haru-chan!'

And much to her chagrin, a headache began forming in the front of her mind. All of this trouble due to the fact that she had decided to sleep over at Haruka Nanase's house after spending a day catching up with the quiet prodigy. For goodness sake, Haruka was one of her childhood best friends! And it wasn't like he was her boyfriend, didn't even have the nerve to ask her out on a proper date.

Kagome dropped her pen on her desk, opting to rub her forehead in attempt to ease the throbbing pains. It didn't help, however she did feel the heat on her face lessen to an extent. Choosing to see the sudden disinterest, Kagome looked over to her right at her desk mate.

Rather than glaring at her with the intensity of a hundred ravenous sharks, Rin Matsuoka stared at his interest with a worried look, unknowingly giving off a slightly hostile signal. Thankfully, Kagome had gotten used to his strange emotions and understood the intention behind his stare. The female desk mate gave her male counterpart a small smile before turning back to look at the teacher. She was no longer rubbing her forehead.

Kagome couldn't wait till class was over. She just wanted to go to her dorm room and collapse in bed.

"Hey," A whisper came with a nudge to her elbow.

Kagome's eye twitched. Did this boy have no shame?! They were supposed to be learning right now. She remained silent however nodded that she was listening. She could feel the slight ire from her lack of vocal response and grinned the slightest.

"So about yesterday.."

Before he could continue, Kagome shot him a look of impatience. The cue however flew over his head as his eyes darted north, his face turning an odd shade of red.

"Yesterday...I'm sorry about yelling," He started once again.

Kagome couldn't help but wonder how the teacher hadn't caught him yet.

"It's because...," the look of distress on his face was too cute to contemplate, "Because I mnnhiehrinnmn ht."

The last part was too quiet for her to hear.

"What?" She whispered.

Rin let out a frustrated breath, earning himself a stern glance from the teacher.

Ha!

"I wanted to...ask you out."

"...WHAT?!"

"Higurashi-san! What is the meaning of this?!"

"I-I" Now, Kagome's embarrassment deepened, her face and shoulders turning a lovely red, "N-nothing, I'm really sorry!"

She took a bow, refusing to look at the instigator. She couldn't believe what was happening.

"..Alright, but next time I won't tolerate such a outburst in my class young lady. Please sit down."

"Thank you sensei."

Kagome proceeded to stare at the board for the rest of the class. Rin kept to himself.

At the end of class, before she could close her notebook, Rin was swinging his bag over his shoulder, ready to run out of class.

"W-wait Rin-kun!" Kagome frantically reached for his arm.

He paused in his step, but did not turn to look at her.

She bit her lip, moving to stand directly in front of the magenta-haired boy. His eyes nearly had her flinching back.

'You can do this Kagome, you've waited for this day!'

"If you're free, do you...do you want to go out for dinner today?" She asked meekly, her voice and resolve weakening with each passing word.

"...I can't,"

Her face dropped quickly, the shock keeping her from maintaining her composure.

"N-No that's not what I meant!" Rin shouted, grabbing the girl's shoulders in emphasis, "I meant that I have swim practice today! Geez, I didn't, fuck. I meant, YES, but is after class alright? If not, I can ditch practice today. We don't have a meet coming up soo-"

His rant was cut short by a single digit pressed against his lips.

Her smile was well worth the stutter.

"I'll be waiting."